Fixing device and image forming apparatus
US8103203B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 27, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jan 24, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 7, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/2006
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A fixing device that includes a first fixing unit including a first heating roller having a metallic roller and a resin layer formed on the metallic roller, and a first pressure roller coming into abutment with the first heating roller; and a second fixing unit having a second heating roller being configured to heat a transfer material heated by the first fixing unit and including a metallic roller, a elastic layer formed on the metallic roller, and a resin layer formed on the elastic layer, and a second pressure roller coming into abutment with the second heating roller is provided.
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